8x5 Houston

Artists In Response To Mass Incarceration

Curated by:
Bridget Bray, Ashley DeHoyos, Christopher Blay, and ATLT co-founders Barbara Pollack and Anne Verhallen

SaveArtSpace and Art at a Time Like This (ATLT) have partnered to present the Houston, Tx edition of 8X5, a nationwide public art campaign named for the size of an average prison cell. This timely public intervention presents the work of artists responding to mass incarceration and inequalities in the justice system. Originally launched in Miami in June 2022, 8x5 Houston will go live on November 4, 2023.

The 8x5 Houston selected artists are Chandrika Metivier, Faylita Hicks, Jared Owens, Jenny Polak with The Fortune Society Artists, Kill Joy, Mel Chin, Monti Hill, McKenna Gessner, Rebo, and Trenton Doyle Hancock.

Curated by Barbara Pollack and Anne Verhallen, Art at a Time Like This; Christopher Blay, chief curator, Houston Museum of African American Culture; Bridget Bray, independent Houston-based curator; Ashley DeHoyos Sauder, curator, Diverseworks.

During the week of November 6, 2023, SaveArtSpace will launch public art installations for each selected work on billboard ad spaces in Houston, Tx. The public art will be on view for at least one month.